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(a) consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
(a) expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
(n) proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
(r) as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
(s) not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold"
(s) conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
(s) accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"
(s) devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
(s) in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note"
(s) accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn''t quite true"
(s) reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"
(v) make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

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